About this title: In the north-west of New Mexico's Chaco Canyon lies an array of ruins. Like Stonehenge, they are both a monument to man's prehistory and a cryptic puzzle. A thousand years ago in the Chaco Canyon there arose among the Pueblo people a great and culturally sophisticated civilization known as the Anasazi culture. Kendrick Frazier looks at the function that Chaco Canyon fulfilled for the Pueblo. He discusses how great its extent and influence was and why its culture collapsed. First published in 1986, and now updated with the archaeological and anthropological evidence, this book is aimed at the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 1988-02
ISBN-13:9780393304961ISBN:0393304965
Description: New. Book is new, never used! Book will be packaged with care for a safe journey! *** 13 Years of online selling experience! ! **** Customer satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780393304961ISBN:0393304965
Description: NF. Large paperback in excellent condition, fifth printing, illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams, "A thousand years ago in northwestern New Mexico a great American culture rose and fell-the Indian culture of Chaco canyon, the ancestors of today's Pueblo people. This is the first full-length book for the general reader on this spectacular array of ruins" read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Norton
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780393318258ISBN:0393318257
Description: Near Fine. 8vo. Softcover. Revised edition 1999; orig edition 1986. Slight edgewear to covers & spine; book interior fine, tight, bright, clean. 261 pages, maps, site plans, b/w illustrations throughout. Combines "scientific and ehtnographic data with Native American oral history. " read more
Description: 14.90. SOFT COVER-VERY GOOD+ CONDITION-Nice clean tight copy- If you REQUEST A SCAN from me I will send you one. No writing or marks in book-Clean and tight- Norton (1986)-Nice soft cover copy-224 pages-Great photos-Pueblo Indians-Chaco Canyon New Mexico-Remainder marks on bottom edge- read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2005-03-21
ISBN-13:9780393318258ISBN:0393318257
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780393318258. read more
Edition: First Edition/First Print
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780393023138ISBN:0393023133
Description: Fine/Fine. 0393023133 A square tight solid clean un-read un-opened copy. The story/history of the Pueblo ancestors. read more
Description: Very Good-; Wraps are creased and worn. Previous owner's address label and written name on ffep. 224 pp.; W. W. Norton & Co.; 1986; Softcover; ALWAYS WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION; 28 YEARS OF FAST/RELIABLE SERVICE. 0393304965. read more
""People of Chaco" is a fine introduction to the various aspects of the Chaco Phenomenon. Why on earth did these people do what they did? Nobody knows. We rack our brains, vainly. Frazer's book is a good way to learn the basics of this bewildering canyon. As everybody says, there's no other book like it. Serious students will move on, but those bitten by the Chaco bug might as well start here."
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